Milton and the Culture of ViolenceIn this powerful work of criticism, Lieb explores the culture of violence--shaped by myth as well as historical circumstance--that colors Milton's outlook and permeates his art. In Lieb's view, a central image in Milton's writings is the specter of sparagmos, or bodily mutilation and dismemberment. Tracing this image across Milton's entire career, Lieb offers authoritative new readings of Areopagitica, A Mask, Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost, as well as of lesser-known works. |
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Page 44
... Milton's elegy on the death of Edward King is one of the most autobiographical of all Milton's poems and that , to understand his elegy , we must in some way recreate Milton's state of mind at the time of composing it.13 Although such ...
... Milton's elegy on the death of Edward King is one of the most autobiographical of all Milton's poems and that , to understand his elegy , we must in some way recreate Milton's state of mind at the time of composing it.13 Although such ...
Page 75
... Milton's own person to the extent that he was actually imprisoned ( presumably in the Tower ) some time between September and November 1660.28 As Parker observes , " for the first time in his life , and quite unexpectedly , Milton ...
... Milton's own person to the extent that he was actually imprisoned ( presumably in the Tower ) some time between September and November 1660.28 As Parker observes , " for the first time in his life , and quite unexpectedly , Milton ...
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... Milton was consumed with concerns of a wholly different order . Un- known to Milton at the time of the Defensio Prima was the fact that Salmasius's response would be many years in coming and that , with the old enemy dead some seven ...
... Milton was consumed with concerns of a wholly different order . Un- known to Milton at the time of the Defensio Prima was the fact that Salmasius's response would be many years in coming and that , with the old enemy dead some seven ...
Contents
The Slaughter of the Saints | 13 |
The Fate of the Poet | 38 |
The Dismemberment of Orpheus | 59 |
Copyright | |
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